Lee Smith a fairly brilliant writer (I'm thoroughly enjoying The Strong Horse at the moment) and I believe his take on the American administration is, by and large, the correct one:
http://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/leading-behind_574057.html
The violence, brutality and repression in Syria must stop. We have to find a way to (in Cpt. Piccard's words) "make it so". We've spend an eternity doing nothing, and saying little. We must find a voice, and use whatever tools we have available to prevent this man (Assad) from continuing the murderous path that he has blazed (to be more accurate, that should read "following in the murderous path his father blazed as he killed tens of thousands of his countrymen"). Read the article; it does have its partisan moments, which you may or may not agree with - irregardless, Smith is correct.
http://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/leading-behind_574057.html
The violence, brutality and repression in Syria must stop. We have to find a way to (in Cpt. Piccard's words) "make it so". We've spend an eternity doing nothing, and saying little. We must find a voice, and use whatever tools we have available to prevent this man (Assad) from continuing the murderous path that he has blazed (to be more accurate, that should read "following in the murderous path his father blazed as he killed tens of thousands of his countrymen"). Read the article; it does have its partisan moments, which you may or may not agree with - irregardless, Smith is correct.
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